Saxophonist and composer Eric Person returns to the Dante Park stage to celebrate the release of his thirteenth CD Extra Pressure. For this performance he and his band celebrate the Centennial birthdays of two of jazz's greatest innovators: Miles Davis and John Coltrane: Eric Person’s body of work as a leader and sideman are stylistically […]
When Dr. Lonnie Smith (one of the most famous jazz organists of all time) was shown a clip of Leonieke Scheuble playing piano, he told her, "You've been here before!" When told of her interest in playing organ, he sent her a Hammond organ as a gift. She was just 10 years old. By age […]
Pucci Amanda Jhones is a storyteller whose rich, smooth, original voice makes each song feel lived in rather than revisited. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she draws from the blues and jazz tradition inspired by her father, Horace Luke Wooten, blues singer, harmonicist, and self-taught pianist, who taught Pucci to take her blues interpretations down […]
Bobby Sanabria is a native Nuyorican son of the South Bronx. His versatility as both a drummer and percussionist from small group to big band has become legendary. He's performed and recorded with every major figure in the history of Latin jazz, jazz, and salsa, with such legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, […]